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[ecrea] European Media Literacy Forum (Call)

Tue Mar 25 22:51:47 GMT 2014





The *First European Media Literacy Forum* will be held on May 27 and 28 at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. This conference is co-organized by UNESCO within the frame of the *GAPMIL* and will bring together experts, teachers, media professionals, industry, audiovisual authorities, researchers, NPOs, and foundations with the aim to relaunch MIL policies at a European level.

Professionals and institutions willing to participate should contact trough the Conference website <http://www.europeanmedialiteracyforum.org/p/blog-page.html> before April 4th.

The main objective of the forum is to contribute to the proposal of*recommendations* for the *inclusion* of* Media Education in European school curricula* and the development of *initiatives in the field of informal education and education for disadvantaged groups*.

Resulting from in-depth research in 27 European countries, the EMEDUS project has proposed recommendations to improve media education in each of those areas. This *conference* will foster debate among institutions, experts, industry professionals, schools and the media as well as among political and* regulatory authorities*in order to discuss and readjust recommendations.

The event also pretends to encourage the creation of a collaborative platform that constitutes the European Chapter of the Global Alliance Partners in Media and Information Literacy (*GAPMIL*).


Further information: http://www.europeanmedialiteracyforum.org/



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